Brassiere for nursing mothers.



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BRASSIERE FOR NURSING MOTHERS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 141 i918- Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A es, 1919.

Application filed June 14, 1918. Serial No. 289,941.

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Be it known that I, Inn Q. Err a citizen.

of the United States, residing at a-n Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brassieres 'for Nursing Mothers, of which the following is a specification.

he present invention relates to improve ments in hrassieres.

Much discomfort and annoyance are occasioned to many nursing mothers by milk flowing from the breast after suckling their lar egatherings or social he object of the invention is to provide infants, and penetrating their exterior upper garments, so that the moisture is visible on the outside of the garment. It is particularly conspicuous on a'colored waist and especially if the latter is of fine material such as silk. For this reason many nursing inothers are prevented from attending any functions.

a brassire for use by n 'ng mothers, which will obviate such annoyance, and

permit nursing mothers to mingle freely with the general public as-usual, without any emarrassment.

' moisture, suchas rubber the parts immediately I edge.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure 1s a front view of my improved brassire.

Referring to the drawin 1 indicates my improved rassiere. It lifers from the common form and construction'thereof only in having the parts 2' which cover the breasts made of a substance impervious to sheeting. These parts 2 are gathered in at the top and bottom,.where they-areconnected with the remainder of the brassiere may be sufficiently full or concave to receive the breasts. 'An advantage ofthis construction is that the gathers or folds 3. of the bottom of the rubber parts serve as pockets to so that said parts arrest any moisture that might otherwise- Y flow on to the lower unprotected parts of the 'brassiere.

I claimz- A brassiere for nursing mothers having over the breasts formed of material impervious to moisture," said material forming pockets at its lower m o. EPP. 

